Polysiphonia stangeri J. Agardh, 1863 [1851–1863]: 937 (type locality: Port Natal [Durban], South Africa).—Barton, 1893: 176.
Vertebrata stangeri (J. Agardh) Kuntze, 1891: 929.
Pterosiphonia stangeri (J. Agardh) Falkenberg, 1901: 270.—De Toni, 1903: 995–996.— Saenger, 1974: 27–28.— Seagrief, 1980: 28, fig. on pl. 12.— Seagrief, 1988: 68, fig. 5:16.— Farrell, Critchley, & Aken, 1993: 152.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Mozambique, South Africa.